Step by Step API Contract Testing with Pact for Beginners

Learn the basics of how to implement API Consumer Driven Contract Testing with Pact (JavaScript, .Net Core, Docker)

What you'll learn
Understand API Contract Testing when testing microservices
Consumer Driven Contract Test using pact-js
Provider Contract Test using PactNet
Setup Pact Broker using Docker
Contract Testing in Continuous Integration with Github Actions
Publish Pact Contracts with Postman
Faster feedback from Contract Tests than Integration Tests

Requirements
Basic programming skills (JavaScript, C#)
Basic knowledge of Docker (docker-compose)

Description
Learn how to write a full End to End API Contract Test with Pact and setup the Pact Broker in Docker!

Working in a microservices architecture? Tired of problems in your integration environments, the long process of waiting for API changes to be deployed to integration for testing.

Things you will learn:

Consumer contract testing using Pact-JS

Provider contract testing using PactNet

Pact Broker Setup with Docker

Publish Pact Contracts using Postman and Pact-JS

Can I Deploy using Pact Broker Client

Introduce contract testing to your test suite, for these benefits and much more:

Open communication between microservices

Faster feedback

Less integration issues

Visualise consumers

Versioning made easy

Curated and Directed by Course Instructor from Test Automation University fame (Sponsored by Applitools)

Who this course is for:
API developers
Software tester who wants faster feedback
Software testers
Solution Architects
Front-end developers using APIs

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